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Drought cripples farm sector -Sanjeeb Mukherjee

-Business Standard The first two years of the Narendra Modi government were marked by big announcements that will take their time to materialise. The one sector that is unfazed by slogans is agriculture. The sector is crippled by back-to-back droughts coupled with a record fall in farm prices. A slump in global markets meant that agriculture exports, which could provide farmers alternative revenue, dried up. Agriculture and processed food exports from India...

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Number of untraced children up 84% in last three years -Sreemoyee Chatterjee

-The Times of India BENGALURU: The number of untraced children in India has seen a whopping hike of 84 per cent in the last three years according to records of Ministry of Home Affairs. While the total number of untraced children in 2013 was 34,244, in 2015, the figure has jumped up to 62,988. Speaking about the reasons behind so many children remaining untraced, Komal Ganotra, director of policy and advocacy for...

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Farmer Suicides in India: Trends across major states (1995-2011) -Deepankar Basu, Debarshi Das and Kartik Misra

-Economic and Political Weekly In an effort to understand the trends of farmer suicides, this article uses data from the National Crime Records Bureau to estimate the suicide mortality rate of farmers and non-farmers for India and its states. The methodology used corrects for an error present in previous studies and alters some commonly held views about the level and trend of farmer suicides in India. Please click here to access. ...

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National Policy on Women: Factoring gender

-DNA The draft National Policy on Women is a progressive document advocating legislative changes and gendered approaches. But will other ministries comply? The draft National Policy on Women, released by ministry of women and child development (WCD), is a progressive document in tune with the times but the challenge will be to bridge the gap between policy and implementation. There is considerable emphasis on the conditions of single women, migrants and the...

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India’s IPR regime not regressive: Sitharaman

-The Hindu IPR Policy will promote indigenous knowledge on water conservation steps. The National Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy will send a clear message to Washington that India’s IPR regime is not regressive, Commerce & Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said. The comments come ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the U.S. next month when the issue of greater protection and enforcement of IPR may come up for discussions. Sitharaman, however, said India...

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